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THE• LUCKNOW SENTINEL LUCKNOW.ONTARIO • WEDNESDAY MAY 31st; 1947
N.G FAIR
WESTERN ONTARIO'S LARGEST EXHIBIT OF kIVESTdCK CLINTON COMMUNITY PARK -
Y„ JUNE 3r4..
AFTERNOON AND 'EVENING PROGRAMMES
•FRIDAY NIGHT JUNE 2
" • fdidway.
SATURDAY, JUNE 3
CASH PRIZES
Heavyhorses- Light fierses Pallet
Market Cattle Beef. Cattle Dairy Cattle
Sheep ,4!. Swine . Poultry Pets .7 Rabbits,
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M.L. 'TORY" GREGG, MASTER OF'.
CEREMONIES •
Parade 1 p.m — (*fide! 'Opening 2:00
Baby Show 2:30 Livestock Parade 3:30
'Midway °7-- Farm. Machinery Diaplay
• Mu,. Rieke. Lunch CoOnter,
Band and Judging '7 p.m.
Square Dance Competition
Pres. j. T. .Vaneginoncli R.R. 1 ClintOn''.
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Ch.�iner.s•w.i.s..
,WFIITECHURCH NiWS,
Chalmers. W. M.S.• -held_ their •
May meeting at the home of Mrs.
H. D.MacDonald 611 Wednesday
afternoon at t p.m. with the Pres -
idem Mrs. Victor Ernersonlpresid-
ing. She opened the, meeting by
extending a warm welcome to all
• and to Mrs: Burrows• a newcomer
to the village . •
•Mrs. Emerson gave the poem
"Dear Little'Church of Mine". The
•• Glad Tiding. Prayer was given by
Mrs. Donald ,Watt. The roll Call
was answered by a Bible verse with
Word Beloved..by 17:,members.
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The Scripture was read by •Mrs.
,
' Mewhinney .A. missionary letter.
from Lilian Dickson was.readby'
McInnes ;and Mrs. John:-
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• : stun Conn: Arading Grace
Of Gratitude was given by Mrs.
•
Mewhinney • .
The topic, Bless the LOrd,0 my
sotd ancrfOrget not all his benefits,
was the text chosen by Mri:, AndreW
Gaunt. This is a very-fitting,verie
for Canadians in the Centennial
year We We think of our grandparents
190 years before cominito a new.
country of forest, how they first
homes for' themselves and
then a Church showing they realized
their dependence on God; Do
.
' people today realize the same de-
' pendence? Are folks today self-
sufficient'? "This Is a country of •
.opportunity 7 public, high schools`
and universities. These privileges
all bring resp,Onsibilities. We mast
be thankful 'and cry out, "Bless the
Lord 0 my.soul":,Practise•giving
thanks fi5r our country and say -
0,1'1 • Bless. the Lord 0 My soul.
Mrs. johnston(Conn gave the •
Reading - National Song from /Miss
Dean 'McLeod's book. The collect-
ion was received arid dedicated by
•Mrs.. al -Jerson. The minutes. were
. read by Secretary Mrs. Russel Ross:
It was decided t'oaccept the
tnvlt-
ation from Bluevale- U. C. W. to
'attend their.reeting June lit at „their babies will be,,bornio prison".
p.m.. Sileht".prayer for. the sick, ' Termsoffrom one andI a half io
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followed by prayer by.Mrs. EMer- five and a half Monthkhave been
spri; was gtvefi. •set for thirty nine 'of those convict7
The _meeting Cloied with prayer ed. Ten were given, suspended •
by MrS..Ernerson: sentences. All forty-nine were
• LADIES AID . fined from $47. to $170. arid must
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'lETY
Sec.-Treas. W. G. Riehl, Clinton
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Protest Persecution
finesses
'Ralph Brcidie, presiding Minister of
the Dungannon Congregation pfle-
hovah's Witnesses, has reported that
the thirty-two members assembled:
for the weekly ministry school .
session at the Kingdorn.Hall unani-
irnoaslY approVed•A public. protest of
.
the persecution of Jehovah's •
Witnesses in Portugal..
• The expression of the Congregation
followed a report on recent develop..
merits in Portugal in an; appeal of:
the Witnesses to the Supreine'Conrt
of that Mr. Brodie told the
local congregation that the Supreme
Court ,of Portugal had , 'on February
22 of this' year, upheld the convict
ion of fOrty7ninePortaguese Wit-
nessei arrested in int* of 1985 for •
attending a Bible meeting They
make up the entire adult member-
ship..Of the Feijo congregation.
PoliceInvided a private horde thet
and'brOlce up' religious services.
You will be shocked" olhe told .
the loFal group, "to hear that these
Christians .were Charged by the
Plenary, Court of Lisbonwith being
guiltyof a: crirrie against the secur-
ity of the state". It was ridiculous.
he added; for anyone to think of'
these harifiless Christians as a secur-
ity risk: He, explained, is' most_
interesting that the prosecution pro-
duced no witnesses to back up the
charges.* no evidence to. show,
guilt at any time during the three'
day trial. Hence it was unreason-
able:for the supreme•Court: to 'up --
hold these convictions. :He claim»..
ed that t11.0 Portuguese press, sit-,
O nificantly; had not reported the. '• •
CoUrt• sedetision to' thepablic.
• 7 Evert more:shocking," the con
`gregation:Was told ."will be, the :
results for the families involVedo
Thirty-five of those convicted are
women who.will be taken away
froni.their families. Two of the
women ate expectant mothers.
The Ladies Aid meeting followed
•
Nrs H.p. Ma6Donald, treasnrer.;
gave the financial,stateMent. Mrs:
• • .Andrew Gaunt was to'contact
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aareraxer Mrs: Jahn Gaunt as to
when.the wished help t0, clean the
church prior to Anniversary.
The meeting closed with the
Benediction. The hostess,
Mr. 14,ID. Maclionald served
lanCh'. 0• -
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pay,couit costs Of $35. each:. '
The hope was expressed that ',.
publieawareness of the treatment
of a minorit religious group in
Portugal Might. yet bring relief to '
the Witnesses there.
• Wear rubber :gloves When cut-
ting oni go, you don't 'get the
• stro- smell on your hands:
O Hamiiton Minister
At Anniversary
.KINLOSS NEWS, ,
The 111th Anniversary of South •
Kinloss.Presbyterian church was
cobserved on Sunday. May. 28th.
Dr. Hugh Jack iof St. David's
Church, Hamilton preached inspir-
• ,ing serrnbis. The morning topic
was "Running the Straight Race"
and in the evening"'Riches and
,
Poverty" . • • •
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Glen Lodge of Goderich was
guest soloist'. The choir, under
leadership of Frank MacKenzie
and organist Mrs: Herb Buckten,. , ,
provided special music.
Spring flowers werearrangedby
Mrs. -Alex MacLeod who has rend-
ered this serVice, for many years .
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Chalmeri-c.0c
,..WIIITECHTJRaf NEWS
Chalmers C.O.c. held their
Meeting in the ,StindaY'Schoot room
during church ,service.•
The•President Paul Elliott gave
the to. Worship The C..0" C.
hymn was sung! Paul Laidlaw read.
•.the Scripture..Donglas Ross gave
the prayer after ..which all joined in
the Responsive Prayer.
The minutes of theltieeting were
read, by Murray: Simpson . , : •
The roll' call was answered by 20
members :naming'a spring flower.
The offering 'was received•by Don-.
ald_Watt and dedicated by Mrs.
'Earl Caslick.
Debbie Reynolds gave- a reading -
Planting Time;
Mrs. Caslick gave the Juniors a:
story and Mrs. Simpson' gave the
Senior 'story: An interesting Quiz
•was held and, the.Meeting close
With.the'LotcPs'Prayer,
Kala Hear Church
Efficiency Report
•
O The 1-Itir6n Presbytery '<afros. met
Wesley- Willis United Church, '
Clinton on'Saturday, May 27:at, •
p.tire,The:.wOrship serVice•
was conducted by Misses M,ary, and
Margaret MacGregor, London...
Lawrence •Ribey LOndOn intrOduc-
id the guest speaker J. R. Harrison,
'Lambeth who spoke Of a 'survey eon
ducted throughout .MiddieseX Pres-
bytery. • This.survey resulted,in afl
efficiency report on, the churches."
FoikWinga discuSsion on -
this report Lawrence_ Ribq express
ed thanks,to Mr. Harrison and con.
ducted a business seision.
A IlinCh was served and the rneeto
ing eitised With:taps, Next meet-
ing will be June 10, at Wesley.- ..
Willis United Church; Clinton.
, •
p.sbyteriaI Held Erskine W.M.S.
!nghom Church.
O AFTERNOON,SESSION
The May Meeting of Maitland
. :Presbyterial of the Women's Miss-
ionary Society was. held in St.
Andrew's churcii, Wingham, on
' Thursday May 1967,.. The exe-
cutive met in. the church parlour
jot 1:30 P.1n • and theaftermion "
session began 2i 90 R.m. In the
church with the Presbyterial,Pres-,
ident,. Mrs. George Sutherland;
.Ripley, presiding. Mrs. A.
Mundell, Beltnore, presided•atthe
organ. After tlie)nVocation and "
prayer by Mrs. Sutherland on.the
-Theme "Faithfniness" , and, the
• singigg of Psalm i4, three rhern-•
hers of the Langside grouP, 'Mrs.
Weiley:Young, Mrs, Donald Watt
and Mrs. Gordon Wall, led in
Devotions. Mrs. Watt's theme on
"HOW Great is Thy Faithfulness"
Was greatly aPpreciated. Mrs. T.
.Crirrie Wingham, welcomed all
in attendance to St . Andrew's . ),
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• An honotirary life mernbership '
was to be presented 'to Mrs:. JOhn
GOod, TeesWater, Good was
Unable to receive this•perionally
so Mrs Hugh Armstrong, Tee -
water read the letter 'of:preiern
ation and expressed Mts. Goo&S
appreciation. . 0
Mrs. A. Mundell introduced the
Guest Speaker. Mrs A H MC Kague
TOronto,'Secretary of Afternoon
groups, for the General Council of
the W;M:-s.
Mrs. Mcf<igue's address was quite
interesting and formative.. After a
short prayer she began by'destriii-.
ing life in a northern city the
Spring:. One of the first signs
spring was to see the small ice Cutt-
er:making a path across' the bay,
no matter how bleak everything
looked.Next.came.word that- the
lighthouse' keepers had gone to,
their post along the shores. She
likened the ice -boat cutters • and •
lighthouse keepers to the, Missionar-
ies. and 'church workers,who lead
the wayin presenting GOd's Word
first,' Those Of us at home mast •
Work to Prdvidethe lighthouse. -
keepers.And missionaries w.ith .the
oil for their tasks in God's .Sea of
Life, This is one'way'in Which the.
members of the w.m.S. can ever
show their Faithfulness.
Mrs.; McKague spoke at length on
the work in •providing the literature
of the .church fOr.its members
through the W.M.S; The'.stirri
$14,006 is allocated for this.task
of providing the translation of the
•Bible and other Christian;literature
in foreign languages
The audience was ,pleased to hear
a selectionof Music from fr�rna dOuble
trio of ladies -from St.'Andrew'S' 0
choir and. greetings from Presby .
tery.B.y.Rev. Gordon fish; Moder-
atori of Wingharn. 0
•After the, Roll Call, i'detailed •
report of the Synodical.rneetings;
held in Stratford April 18, 19 and
20 Was received. These repOrts "
were read by Mrs., Henry Moken-",
zie. AShfieldi Miss*McLaughlin,
Wingham; .Mrs. Don Robertson,
kinlough:, Mrs. Mel Richie,:.kinc-.
ardine; and Mrs. Alvin Mundell, •
Belrnore. ' • • •
O The: offering, was received and
dedicated in prayer by- Mis;--41---1--,--
Dongias'Graharn, South' KinloSs ,
Mrs: J. W. English, Wingharn;
read an inspiring In Memorianyfof
those who' have passed away dining
the year preVions. '
After Singing Faith Of Our Fath-;
erg, the afternoon session Was clos-
ed by prayer led by Mrs. Andrew
Gaunt, of $/hiteahurch.
Many of thefladies`enjoyed a
delicious dinner served by the
inernbers of St. kndrelAt's groups
and a helpful soCial hour at the
same time,'
EVENING SESSION •
The Theme for the evening sesS-
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DUNGANNON HEWS,
May Meeting'it;f, the Wornen's
Missionary Society of 'Erskine Pres-
byterian, Church,gDutigannOn was
held in the Church Friday, May 19th
at 2 p.m. .with Mrs'. Arthur Stewart:.
presiding and Mrs, Will Reid at the
organ. Psalm 19 was sung and. pur-
pose repeated.
Miss IVa Carr had the Devotional
reading,fTrn the 12th chapter of
Matthew, her tope being On the
Family Altar And the need' for fam-
ilies to, .turn once again to the fam7'•
ily'alter. and daily Bible reading in
the home. Mrs. Mason McAllister
read the Glad tidings,,Pray7r.
Offering was reeeived.and
'Was answered by your -favorite hymn
Mrs,lames Wilson, Secretary
thanked the ladies for cards arid
letters sent to She and her'husband,
while in hOSpital. She was greatly •
missed by the Wi-M.S, whileabsent
and was a welcOinemember back •
again: Mrs. James Wilson read:the ;
minutes and Mrs., Wallace Wilson
gave the treasuier's report. Mrs. •
Arthur Stewart gave the report of,
the Presbyterial held in St:
rews. Presbyterian Church .Winghatit,
the previous.day, in which she. and
Other.ladies from :Dungannon
M' S aitended. • *.
Mrs.' James Wilson read an inter-
esting letter' fromone of our young
Missionaries, Miss Erleanor Knott.. -
Mrs. Frank 'Jones save the Glad. .
Tidings,reView .• Several :piecesOf
print waS,sold..to the ladies
Mrs:. Robert : McAllister.gave 2 -
chapters Of the study book. A
hymn Wos.stmg.'folloWed,by clos: • .
IN prayer.. •., • . •
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...on was Growth, taken from 2
peter 3:18., ,Mrs. A:Mundell Pre...,
sided at the ',Organ and psairii-s1
was sung-. •,' •
The 'devotions.werein charge Of.
the Wingham Evening Group with '
the scripture, isitah 40 281 r
.by. Mrs Redmond .lviacbo ld
her.meclitation, Mrs. Ri5bert.A. ,
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Campbell used a modern parableto
show :that as We work cOnscientious
ly to houseclean dui.earthly homes,
SO we should strive at hardto pre-
pare our spiritual homes. Mrs. B.
Malda led in Prayer; Mrs .,.J: R.
Lloyd of the.,Wingharn Evening
Gioup welcomed all present for the
eVen],tng session.
,.,The.LuCknow Evening•Group pres7
ented a•skit:depietirig the format-
ion of.the first:Presbyterial Sotiety
in this area Fourtroups, „S,t. Hel-
ens, Brussels, -Kincardine and Luck -
'now were Organized in -1.876 by Mrs:
J. Harveyof Toronto into the Pres-
byterial.Of Huron 'Agfa:and, tC
wOrk in .ConjtinetiOn With'th,e Wo-
men's Foreign MitSionary Society
(W; D. ) Mrs. Oscar 'Casernore sang
,a, medleycif. Canadian songs.
• Mrs., Mckagae, in her lvening
'address, coinpared.ouflife to the •
Growth, Of a Garden. We ,can not sit:
back:and watch it .grow', we have,'
to work in jt:.The world for,Christ
is a tall.cirder - who would. believe
that 12 rrieh 'could' go into alI the
wOrld,-,but .we Must be practicing'
Christians.-: "•be ye doers 'of the
Word". .' •
Mrs. John Pay, Win -sham', gave •
her report as the delegate to the •
Biennial. Conferenae_in
The Theme'was '!Our Joy is in,,the
Lord , whorn welove, trust and• • •
praise?", , .
MO. Noble Johnston, `Lticknow
gave her :report as delegate from'
the evening Groupto the HamiltOn
•London Synodical in Stratford. The
next Synodical will be held"in* .
Chatharn„Oresbytery.
Mri. George MeLean„.Aipley,
led in the offertory.prayeri. coUrt.
eieS were extended by Mrs. Alex
Sarbie of Kincardine. .
After tlie singing Of Hymn 586,
Mrs. Tack Adoir _of IvIoleswortli ;
cloSed the meeting. With thc prayer,
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